How to raise a wax-billed Finch

The image of waxbill is naive, is a common family ornamental birds, there are many families will raise waxbill as a pet. So how do you raise waxbill finches? See below for details.

1. Birdcage

There are no special requirements for the cage of the waxbill, as long as it does not affect jumping. If used for training, it can be tied around the neck and placed on a bird rack. Generally used bird rack for the system, about 40~50 cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter, the middle of a cotton thread wrapped, easy for birds to perch. Just bought birds, temperamental more impatient; so must pay attention to the length of the neck chain, lest the neck death.

II. Feeding of wax bill finches

The bird's food is mainly plant fruits, seeds, and insects. The insects eaten mainly include weevil, pear tiger, golden flower insect, walking insect, sawfly, hawthorn butterfly and other insects and insect larvae of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hymenoptera and Diptera. You can also feed a small amount of vegetables and apples at ordinary times.

At the beginning of raising wax beak bird owners, should pay attention to artificial feed to soybean powder, corn flour, cooked egg-based; followed by fish meal, silkworm chrysalis powder; again perilla, fruit, vegetables and so on. Estrus and molting period to ensure the supply of eggs and millet; molting period must supplement calcium-containing feed, increase the color feed (such as bright red pepper, carrots, etc.) feed.

III. Water bath

To provide birds with water bath, spring and summer once a day, autumn and winter can reduce the number of water bath and water bath should pay attention to prevent colds can not be hung in places with draught. If the bird's mood can not be stabilized, up and down flying, available water will be wet feathers, control to make its activities; can also be fed with sunflower seeds.

Wax beak finches are very suitable for family breeding, call like whistle, loud and pleasant, if domesticated well, but also perform a variety of acrobatics, won applause.